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ore carrier, which is revealing the newest technologies in ship-building
is Cosco Ansteel. The cargo ship has deadweight of 297,719 metric
tons and gross tonnage of 150,971 gross tons. The ship was built
in the years of financial crisis according to latest requirements
and latest innovations on ship-building and engineering. The cargo
ship has length of 327.00 meters and moulded breadth of 55.00 meters.
The Cosco Ansteel has depth of 29.25 meters and when fully loaded
has draft of 21.40 meters. The ship is quite large and building
of such vessel always cost a lot of troubles for the ship-builder.
The company created this modern and very large ship is Universal
Shipbuilding Corporation and the ship-yard hosted this giant is
Ariake Shipyard. We can see that this vessel is created according
to latest requirements of IMO and requirements for high profit and
low fuel consumption from the ship-owner Sinobright Shipping Ltd.
The cargo vessel Cosco Ansteel has main engine Hitachi MAN-B&W
6S80MC-C, which is very high quality allowing the ship to reach
maximum speed of 15.1 knots, while the service speed is 14.5 knots.
The ship is Unimax ore carrier, which is created for transport iron
ore from the ports in Brazil to China. The ship has deadweight under
300,000 metric tons in case to be able to use the loading ports
in Western Australia, where there are also some several important
points for iron ore. The ship is having hull which is proper for
using the rivers and canals in Brazil, which is very important country
for this cargo.
The
cargo hatches are equipped with largest holds in the world, in case
to be able for loading and discharging with high speed in each port.
The ship is also equipped with high quality devices for fuel reducing,
which is making the engine useful and profitable. The new improved
surf bulb is decreasing the water resistance and the paint used
for covering the hull plates against growing. The ship is really
modern and very good for the ship-owner. The improved propulsive
efficiency is making the ship with higher power and lower expenses
for fuel, time for sailing and yearly docks of the vessel. Really
the bulk carrier is one of the largest in the world, because we
can compare this ship with the largest one in the class. Cosco Ansteel
is also quite modern and very environmental with special systems
for reducing water and air pollution.
date: 29th December, 2009 |
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